Your guide to some of the stories from around the world, screening on Australia's own HD SBS World Movies channel (Digital channel 32).

MONDAY 30 MARCH

Beyond the Mat12:45pm, NITV

PGUSA, 1999Genre: DocumentaryLanguage: EnglishDirector: Barry W. BlausteinFeaturing: Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Jake Roberts, Jesse Ventura, Dwayne JohnsonWhat's it about?This look at professional wrestling focuses on the lives of wrestlers outside of the ring, especially Mick Foley, Terry Funk, and Jake Roberts. The film heavily focuses on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), often criticising it and its chairman Vince McMahon. It also follows Extreme Championship Wrestling, its rise in popularity, and many other independent wrestlers and organisations.

WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL

Kingpin9:25pm, SBS VICELAND

MUSA, 1996Genre: ComedyLanguage: EnglishDirector: Bobby Farrelly, Peter FarrellyStarring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris ElliottWhat's it about? After bowler Roy Munson (Harrelson) swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael (Quaid). So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern (Murray). Written & directed by the Farrelly brothers (Dumb & Dumber, There's Something About Mary).

The Ground We Won10:05am, NITV (repeats 12:00pm, Thurs 2 April)

MNew Zealand, 2015Genre: DocumentaryLanguage: EnglishDirector: Christopher PryorWhat's it about?With great bawdiness and backbone, a rugby team made up of farmers strive to redeem themselves from a long run of bitter loses. In the face of the hefty demands of farming and fatherhood, the Saturday game becomes the focus of the men’s passions and the ground on which their worth is proved. A highly authentic, slice of life film about the challenges and joys of manhood, as seen through the rites and rituals of a rural New Zealand rugby club.

The Jerk11:35pm, SBS VICELAND

MUSA, 1979Genre: ComedyLanguage: EnglishDirector: Carl ReinerStarring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Caitlin Adams, Mabel KingWhat's it about? Navin (Martin) believes he was born a poor Black child in Mississippi. He is, however, actually white. Upon figuring this out, he heads north to St Louis to find himself. After landing a job at a gas station, Navin is excited to discover his name printed in the new phone book. This ratification of his existence leads him from one misadventure to another as he invents gadgets, dodges bullets, joins the carnival and seeks love in the arms of beautiful Marie (Peters).

Redoubtable12:00am, SBS

MFrance, 2017Genre: Drama, Romance, ComedyLanguage: French, English, ItalianDirector: Michel HazanaviciusStarring: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Grégory GadeboisWhat's it about?In 1967, during the making of La Chinoise, film director Jean-Luc Godard (Garrel) falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky (Martin). Though they soon marry, their relationship is tested when Godard takes his film career in a different direction. From Michel Hazanavicius, director of 2012 Best Picture winner The Artist.

THURSDAY 2 APRIL

Primal9:35pm, NITV

MA15+Australia, 2010Genre: Horror, ThrillerLanguage: EnglishDirector: Josh ReedStarring: Zoe Gameau, Krew Boylan, Lindsay FarrisWhat's it about?A group of friends travel to the bush to view ancient cave paintings but soon find a horrible sickness gripping one of their own, which leaves them with nothing in their mind but a primal blood lust. Their only hope of survival is through a cave, where one of them learns too late the meaning of the paintings they came to study.

The Other Son12:45am, SBS VICELAND

MFrance, 2012Genre: DramaLanguage: FrenchDirector: Lorraine LévyStarring: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules SitrukWhat's it about?While preparing to carry out his military service for the Israeli army, Joseph (Sitruk) discovers that he was switched at birth with Yacine (Dehbi) who has been raised by Joseph’s real parents- who are Palestinian. The revelation causes turmoil in both families and forces them to examine their identities, values and beliefs.

FRIDAY 3 APRIL

Tribal Justice10:00am, NITV

PGUSA, 2017Genre: DocumentaryLanguage: EnglishDirector: Anne MakepeaceWhat's it about?Two formidable Native American women, both chief judges in their tribe's courts, strive to reduce incarceration rates and heal their people by restoring rather than punishing offenders, modelling restorative justice in action.

Tribal Justice (2017)

Monkey King: Hero Is Back7:45PM, NITV (repeats Sat 4 Apr, 10:00am)

PGChina, 2015Genre: Fantasy, Animation, ComedyLanguage: MandarinDirector: Tian Xiao PengStarring: Lei Zhang, Zijie Lin, Wenlun Wu, Jackie ChanWhat's it about?The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.

Pawn Sacrifice10:55pm, SBS

MUSA, 2015Genre: DramaLanguage: EnglishDirector: Edward ZwickStarring: Tobey Maguire, Lily Rabe, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael StuhlbargWhat's it about?During the Cold War chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer (Maguire) takes on Boris Spassky (Schreiber), the Soviet world champion. Though Fischer wants a normal match against his rival, the United States wants it to be seen as the Cold War played out on the chess board. All of this isn't helping the fact that Fischer is constantly dealing with paranoia. This is the world of chess like you've never seen it before.

SATURDAY 4 APRIL

I Love You, Man8:30pm, SBS VICELAND

MUSA, 2009Genre: ComedyLanguage: EnglishDirector: John HamburgStarring: Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau, Andy SambergWhat's it about?Newly engaged Peter (Rudd) sets out to make a new best friend, Sydney (Segel), to be the "Best Man" for his wedding. After setting out on some bizarre "man-dates," Peter befriends Sydney and the closer the two men get the more Peter's relationship suffers with his fiancee (Jones). This ultimately forces Peter to chose between his new best friend and his fiancee.

A Haunted House 28:30pm, NITV

MA15+USA, 2014Genre: Comedy, HorrorLanguage: EnglishDirector: Michael TiddesStarring: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric the Entertainer, Missi PyleWhat's it about?The sequel to the 2013 hit parody movie. Having exorcised the demons of his ex, Malcolm (Wayans) is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, however, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.

A Fish Called Wanda10:25pm, SBS VICELAND

MUK, USA, 1988Genre: Comedy, CrimeLanguage: EnglishDirector: Charles CrichtonStarring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael PalinWhat's it about?Barrister Archie Leach becomes discombobulated when Wanda, the ladyfriend of a gangster he is defending, makes a pass at him. Actually, Wanda wants to extract information out of Cleese about some diamonds that she and her boyfriend have hoisted with the help of her 'brother' Otto and an animal-rights freak named Ken. Wanda wants those diamonds for herself, and Ken has already been subjected to her feminine wiles. This comedy classic won Kevin Kline the 1988 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

MUK, 2018Genre: DocumentaryLanguage: EnglishDirector: Martin MilneWhat's it about?On the anniversary of his death, in this intensely moving and definitive documentary, Sir Trevor McDonald is travelling to the deep south of America to try and get closer to the man who meant so much to him and to so many others.

SUNDAY 5 APRIL

White Right: Meeting the Enemy10:45pm, SBS

MA15+UK, 2017Genre: DocumentaryLanguage: EnglishDirector: Deeyah KhanWhat's it about?In this BAFTA-nominated documentary, Emmy Award-winning Muslim film-maker Deeyah Khan meets US neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to face, and attends America's biggest and most violent far right rally in recent years. Khan, who has received death threats in the past after advocating diversity and multiculturalism, tries to get behind the violent ideology, to seek and understand the personal and political reasons behind the apparent resurgence of far right extremism in the United States.

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